New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-01-09
CHINESE FiRMING.

from me Londan Morning I0H.
In uaasing through tnc six growing district when Oe-
gins vrry near shanghai aud extends all round to tho
ci.y al f.ugcAUw, could hut 10 7iruca Indeed WIN tho
rrt gIcn prevailed every where The farm house,
OF Cbina, or At any rate 10 THAI Iar OF China were
model, 81 what farm houses shoul be- had expected
10 see uaor and wrochcdLe shnl was "a prepared IOT
what really bohed. EAcecdiugly good gardening /
was course repaired for Tor chinese gardening Is
ANONYMOUS VITA verythlns bat Is neat an productive
Iut the orchards and mulberry trcea ali heautliuy
trimmed with brick built ami eXcrllent houses half
hi iicn away IN them, certainly asonshed me- chhhccd
10 land from ny boat frequently In order Ia shoot
woplcock. for II was "inor time when passed. through
sarv 10 rcrambe over the fields and through
The mulberry orchards of tho district and was simply
amazed TO beautifully the groves OF trees we're
krpf Underneath great quantities. OF vegetables were
grown not "a foot OF earth appeared 10 be wasted ana
every IN tho most superb ORDER Had the Wnoo
county been va garden IL cOula not have been better
tended and cared FOR There were Ut 9ereabous any
hedges walls ho helds were dVlded from elch olher
by deep dykos. which served the double purpose o.
marking ou the land ana rrisang or draining us the
might be, the adjacent holi ING trco, Vi Nnun
there were inyrad-. were all planted with maihenatca
exnctnes. ard the greatest order unlike tho rces "a
many English orchards whch seem 10 nave pren SUCK
into the ground with view Of wasting n muoh space ~
l,ussle Aud Tor tho tops OF tho trees they hhd an
been carefully trimmed TO the same pattern cveY mt,.o
bough having been inspected ana cut as circumstances
CHANGED to require. | never saw anlthihg mar 50
orderly In any country IN te World lOf theso wore no
ornamental gardens which wasgong through. hut mul-
berry orchards eNten ling over Hundreds oi squar" miles
Of country ana owned 10y thousands oil different hus,uu
mem In.lle the house, again, was surprised at inc
comfort which prevailed III rne 9 one tno ,r s
and these kept scrupuously clean Inc other
and warmth every clean also; ana ala nor
see IN any house cf the squ0lOr or misery
on, sees many English, Scotch, and especially irsh
aistrcts. A.. A.. 49,. .
Atths time hen In this country, too there was
n very general feeling OF Increased contcnunent SPRING
ING up owing the opening OF sOpo large skwihdng
factories at shanghai by American and English INNS
Hitherto the winding OF the elk from the oocoOns hhd
besp done I'm by the silk growers themselves,
aud the demand for the silk thus ndiierentiy wound
and tho tices paid II alike small hut with the
esta or silk winding factories ned WIN steam
maohinery ut Shanghai IL was hoped ana expected ny
tbs sk growers that price OF cOcoOns would 20 up,
and that conse quontly silk growing would improve as
an industry In any the entire population seemed
TO be and VOL c0nented IL does not always
do 10 tax the OF any Chnaman as an index To the
wealth he may possess. IIe may have many reasons
among them being dread OF attracting tho attention OF
some andarIn-or moi sho wing more richness
OF attire Is absolutely necessary aud he may reier
70 20 about In than run the risk OF DelbH
squeezed by the local oiicals so that many travel
Ter may mistake this Intentional poverty OF attire Tor
want OF money. had pointed Out TO me Ia Canton one
day, for example particularly woe-bogone looking
Chnaman going up tho street The gentleman who wils
with me. who was resident tho adjacent island
OF ehanien, said, Poort wish rlch as that
Cbinaman. why. half tho European houses here are 10
his debt but he showed this by his dress he mandarin
here would soon borrow u trino OF HIM"